Databases and Print Resource for Your Annotated Bibliography

  • JSTOR
  • Several books of criticism are available on the novel. Browse through 813.52 Hur in both reference and the stacks.
  • Also check the Hayfield Online Catalog for specific titles on southern folklore and the Harlem Renaissance.

From Gale's Literary Index


Their Eyes Were Watching God sources in the reference area:

  • Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 7:171; 30:210-12, 215-16, 218-19, 222-25, 227-28; 61:237-75
  • Novels for Students, volume(s) 3:300-12
  • Reference Guide to American Literature (St. James Press, an imprint of Gale), volume(s) 4:1058-59
  • Literature and Its Times, volume(s) 3:383-89
  • Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, volume(s) 121:312-57; 131:57-59, 66, 68, 70-76, 78-79, 81-85, 88-91, 94 (public library)
  • Literary Movements for Students, volume(s) 2:101
  • Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Analyses, volume(s) 16:371-81 (public library)
  • Gale Critical Companion to the Harlem Renaissance 2: 647-706

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